Anklage wegen Anschlags: Anklage gegen Gehilfen nach Attacke an Holocaust-Mahnmal

Karlsruhe, Germany – The federal prosecutor's office has filed charges against a Syrian individual accused of assisting in an attack on the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. The victim of the assault, a Spanish tourist, suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed with a knife. The suspect, who is alleged to be the accomplice of the now convicted main perpetrator, is accused of aiding and abetting attempted murder and causing serious bodily harm, according to the highest German prosecution authority in Karlsruhe.

The main perpetrator and the suspect were reported to have been in contact shortly before the knife attack in February of the previous year. The two spent the afternoon together prior to the incident, encouraging the main perpetrator to carry out his plan, stated the federal prosecutor's office. The suspect has been in pre-trial detention since the end of May, following his arrest in Berlin earlier.

The charges were brought before the Kammergericht in Berlin. The main perpetrator, also a Syrian national, was convicted in March by the Berlin Kammergericht for attempted murder and seriously injuring another person, and was sentenced to 13 years in prison; however, the verdict is not yet final.